Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1936

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,550
2	Dorothy	591
3	Betty	558
4	Annie	528
5	Shirley	443
6	Willie	311
7	Barbara	303
8	Martha	280
9	Helen	248
10	Ruby	244
11	Doris	236
12	Lillie	231
13	Frances	201
14	Louise	198
15	Mildred	197
15	Rosie	197
17	Peggy	195
17	Sarah	195
19	Margaret	191
20	Bobbie	185
21	Elizabeth	181
22	Virginia	178
23	Mattie	168
24	Minnie	165
24	Ruth	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	164
27	Alice	154
28	Jessie	152
29	Ella	148
30	Thelma	145
31	Ethel	142
32	Carolyn	139
33	Nancy	135
34	Patricia	134
35	Bertha	129
35	Edna	129
37	Hattie	127
38	Bessie	124
39	Bernice	123
39	Joyce	123
41	Hazel	118
42	Evelyn	115
43	Gladys	114
43	Mae	114
45	Lula	109
46	Bonnie	108
47	Catherine	106
47	Marie	106
49	Johnnie	105
50	Christine	104
51	Clara	101
51	Juanita	101
53	Carrie	100
53	Ida	100
55	Maggie	96
56	Laura	94
57	Patsy	91
58	Billie	90
58	Georgia	90
58	Gloria	90
58	Jo	90
62	Fannie	88
62	Yvonne	88
64	Ann	86
65	Jean	84
66	Joan	81
67	Eva	78
67	Lucille	78
69	Norma	77
70	Rose	76
71	Bettie	74
72	Julia	73
73	Ora	72
74	Anna	71
74	Essie	71
74	Lillian	71
74	Nellie	71
78	Velma	70
79	Josephine	69
79	Lois	69
79	Sara	69
82	Geraldine	68
83	Earnestine	67
84	Alma	66
84	Geneva	66
84	Irene	66
84	Margie	66
88	Katherine	63
89	Daisy	62
89	Dorthy	62
89	Katie	62
89	Mamie	62
93	Ollie	61
94	Ruthie	60
94	Sylvia	60
94	Vera	60
97	Beatrice	59
98	Bettye	58
98	Lena	58
100	Dora	57